The Highveld Golf Circuit

Nights

9

Party

2–4 guests

Countries

South Africa

From

US$ 26,250 per person, based on four guests sharing, including private aircraftExcludes international flights to and from Africa.

Best season

Apr–Jun · Sep–Nov

Four of South Africa's best-known courses in five days, then the leopards of Londolozi. You base yourselves at The Saxon in Johannesburg to play Steyn City and Blair Atholl, the longest course in the country. A helicopter then takes you to the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City for the Gary Player Country Club, where the Nedbank Golf Challenge is played. The aircraft flies you east to the Lowveld for Leopard Creek, and on to Londolozi's Granite Suites, six suites on the rocks above the Sand River. On the last night we set your table on the sandbank.

Highlights

• The Gary Player Country Club
• Leopard Creek on the Kruger boundary
• Blair Atholl and Steyn City
• Two nights at the Palace of the Lost City
• Londolozi Granite Suites for your party alone
• Dinner on the Sand River sandbank

1. Day 1

   Johannesburg · The Saxon

   We meet you at OR Tambo and drive you to The Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa in Sandhurst: twelve suites and villas in three acres of private garden. Rest after the flight. Dinner is at Grei, Candice Philip's seasonal tasting menu and the most refined cooking in Johannesburg.

2. Day 2

   Golf · Steyn City

   Steyn City is a Nicklaus Design course on a private estate north of the city, often called the most spectacular urban course in South Africa. Your caddie takes you round in the cool of the morning. Non-golfers have The Saxon's spa and pool. If you want to eat out tonight, Marble's rooftop grill looks out over the whole Johannesburg skyline.

3. Day 3

   Golf · Blair Atholl · Johannesburg → Sun City

   Blair Atholl is No. 2 in South Africa for 2025 and, at 8,000 yards, the longest course in the country. Take your caddie's advice on the tees. Non-golfers fly ahead by helicopter to the Palace of the Lost City and have the pools for the afternoon. The golfers follow after lunch, forty minutes over the Magaliesberg to Sun City.

4. Day 4

   Golf · Gary Player Country Club

   The Gary Player Country Club has been ranked among the world's top 100 courses four times, and it hosts the Nedbank Golf Challenge. You play it in the morning, before the heat builds. Non-golfers spend the morning in the Palace spa and gardens, and everyone meets for a long lunch.

5. Day 5

   Sun City → Lowveld · Private lodge near Leopard Creek

   Your Embraer Phenom 300 flies from Pilanesberg to Malelane on the southern edge of the Kruger. You stay at Buhala Lodge, ten minutes from Leopard Creek, above the Crocodile River with the Kruger on the far bank. The afternoon is yours to rest, or to go out along the river with your guide before sundowners.

6. Day 6

   Golf · Leopard Creek Country Club

   Leopard Creek is No. 3 in South Africa for 2025 and home of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The 13th green sits above the Crocodile River on the Kruger boundary, usually with hippo in view. Your caddie knows the course and knows the river. Non-golfers go into the Kruger for a morning drive with the lodge guide and meet you for lunch.

7. Day 7

   Lowveld → Sabi Sand · Londolozi Granite Suites

   A Cessna Caravan makes the short hop north to the Londolozi strip. On approach the pilot does a low pass to clear impala, and sometimes elephant, off the runway. The Granite Suites are six suites on the granite above the Sand River, booked for your party alone, and your guide and tracker are waiting when you land.

8. Day 8

   The leopards of Londolozi

   Londolozi has watched its leopards for decades and keeps a record of individual animals and their lineage. Your guide draws on that record as you find them, so each leopard comes with a name and a family history. You stay at every sighting for as long as you want.

9. Day 9

   Sandbank dinner

   Your last full day: a morning drive, a long lunch and a late-afternoon drive. Then your guide pulls up by the Sand River, where a table is set on the sandbank and lit with lanterns. Hippo call from downstream while dinner is served and the stars come out over the riverbed.

10. Day 10

    Departure

    One more morning drive and breakfast at the Granite Suites, then a Pilatus PC-12 from Londolozi to OR Tambo for your international flight. Your Journey Architect has the luggage checked through before you arrive. Thirty days later the coffee table book of your trip reaches your door.

Flown by turboprop, light and super-light jet and helicopter. How we choose the aircraft